Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” This is a meditation on a well-loved verse. We are to trust with all our heart – first of all trust is a mental decision,…
Christmas Day Year A 25th December 2022 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 9 v2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2 v11-14; Luke 2 v1-14. Good news for everyone. A child has been born for us. We have been given a son who will be our ruler. His names will be Wonderful Adviser and Mighty God, Eternal Father and…
This is the 4th week of Advent when we think of the love that came into the world. We also remember that part that Mary played in that nativity story. The gospel reading set for the 4th Sunday of Advent also tells of the part played by Joseph. (Matthew 1:18-24) He wasn’t one of the…
Bramford Road Methodist church in Ipswich held our annual “Follow the Star” service on Sunday 11th December 2022. It is one of the services in the Churches calendar that I look forward to the most and during the last five years of being minister of the Church this has become one of the highlights of…
At the recent Folk Cafe in Trinity Methodist Church I read this poem which I found in the book “Tidings of Comfort and Joy,” by Pam Rhodes. The poem was written by Tafadawa Mhondiwa Mugari. There once was a shining Christmas tree, Standing out where all could see. Its brilliance captured every eye And seemed…
Paul doesn’t give a narrative account of the birth of Jesus but he does refer to it in his letters. In Galatians 4:4-5 he writes,” When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we…